Serbia Press Review - January 16, 2013

POLITIKA

Ivica Dacic, Serbian Prime Minister, stated that Belgrade is ready to discuss Kosovo UN membership. However, in order to stop blocking Pristina in the UN, Belgrade must get somethi9ng in return, said Dacic.

VECERNJE NOVOSTI

Serbia lobbies that next UNMIK's report on the situation in Kosovo include exhaustive list of all Serbian officials recently banned from Kosovo. Belgrade aims to persuade UN Security Council to pressure EULEX and Pristina to allow all Serbian officials free entry to Kosovo.

BLIC

The government did not appoint new police director on January 15, as it was scheduled, because Ivica Dacic, Prime Minister and his deputy Aleksandar Vucic failed to agree who to appoint. Daily learns that Dacic want to post Dragan Markovic, deputy director of Security Information Agency, while Vucic urges that government re-appoint Milorad Veljovic, police director whose mandate recently expired.

Balkan Insight has not verified the facts in the original press reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.